{"id":364741,"date":"2026-07-27T01:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/more-than-300000-people-flee-as-france-and-spain-battle-devastating-wildfires\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T01:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T00:00:16","slug":"more-than-300000-people-flee-as-france-and-spain-battle-devastating-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/more-than-300000-people-flee-as-france-and-spain-battle-devastating-wildfires\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 300,000 people flee as France and Spain battle devastating wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/GHA5wn_jj7k\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"More than 300,000 people flee as France and Spain battle devastating wildfires\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GHA5wn_jj7k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Firefighters in France and Spain are struggling to contain raging wildfires, which have forced more than 300,000 people to evacuate from their homes.<\/p>\n<p>In southwestern France, 55,000 people evacuated overnight, as flames continued to move closer to the historic city of Bordeaux.<\/p>\n<p>Bordeaux&#8217;s Mayor Thomas Cazenave described the fire as being &quot;at the gates of the metropolitan area.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Shifting winds, dry conditions and an intensifying heatwave have complicated efforts to limit the spread of the blaze that has burned 42,000 hectares &#8211; an area four times the size of Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of homes have been destroyed, and tourists have been urged not to come to the region by Gironde prefect Sophie Brocas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters in France and Spain are struggling to contain raging wildfires, which have forced more than 300,000 people to evacuate from their homes. 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